ipfs

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Oh. Heard it's better to encode NFTs and host them onchain directly. 

Thanks for the explanation.

I’m not actually that supportive of “forever” or “permanent” NFTs. Using onchain data for NFT data is a waste of space imo. 

Why bother with IPFS then? Because like most things in nature, preservation happens when people care. If people don’t care about a particular NFT then it can be cleared off the network and reduced data waste. If people do care then anyone can grab the CID and pin it to ensure its persistence on IPFS. 

The difference between using centralized storage and IPFS is that it gives the people a choice as to what should be preserved, rather than someone just flipping the switch on their Cloudflare account.

Some thoughts on that: https://warpcast.com/stevedylandev.eth/0x668005c3

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imho, this is why Ordinals performed so well, they basically "stole" the promise of eternal NFT narrative from Ethereum.

If people really care they should be able to store their data fully onchain in a very simple way, and if they don't care => IPFS.
Centralized server shouldn't even be an option